Edinburgh South (UK Parliament Constituency)
Edinburgh South is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, first used in the general election of 1885. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. The current MP is the Labour Party's Ian Murray who was first elected at the 2010 general election with a majority of just 316 votes.
Prior to the 2005 general election the constituency had the same boundaries as the Scottish Parliament constituency with the same name.
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